Movies

Le Petit Château

50' / 1999

Karine de Villers

“Le Petit Château”, in the heart of Brussels, place full of promises which welcome candidates seeking refugee status in Belgium. The hundreds of people languishing within its walls have begun to accept their internment as a way of life. Their life of transit and promiscuity lives them the margins of society. The long periods of waiting expressed by the internees and the guardians of that microcosm emphasize a society in turmoil.

Credits

Director : Karine de Villers

Photography : C. Geens / P. Guilbert / R. Fromont / JM Vervoort

Sound : R. Verthe / P. Mertens / M. Engels / C. Antoniadis

Editing : Sandrine Deegen

Production and Partners

Production : Simple production

Coproduction RTBF – Arte Belgique – Image Création

Partners : With the support of Doctors without Borders and of Le Centre du Cinéma et de l’audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Distribution

Simple Production

TV Broadcast

RTBF (Belgium), Arte (1st broadcast on18/11/ 2000), TV5.

Festivals

Première introduced by the Cultural Commission of Amnesty International on15/11/1999at the Espace Delvaux (Brussels)